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presentations to the Commission or file 

written statements. Such requests 

should be made to the Superintendent 

at least seven days prior to the meeting. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: April 12, 2010. 

Sheridan Steele, 

Superintendent, Acadia National Park. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10026 Filed 4–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–2N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) MidAtlantic Proposed Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 220 and Geological and 

Geophysical Exploration (G&G) on the 

Mid- and South Atlantic OCS 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public scoping 

meetings and extension of scoping 

period to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed 

Mid-Atlantic Oil and Gas Lease Sale 220 

and notice of new combined scoping 

meeting for proposed Lease Sale 220 EIS 

and the Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PEIS) for Future 

Industry G&G Activity on the Mid- and 

South Atlantic OCS. 

SUMMARY: This Notice serves to 

announce two actions, including: (1) 

The reopening of the public scoping 

period for proposed Lease Sale 220 in 

the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area for an 

additional 45 days and providing notice 

of the public scoping meeting dates and 

locations for this proposed sale; and (2) 

announcing an additional and separate 

scoping meeting on May 12, 2010, in 

Norfolk, Virginia which will solicit 

public input on both the proposed Lease 

Sale 220 and the G&G PEIS on the Midand South Atlantic OCS. This Notice 

does not extend the public scoping 

period for the G&G PEIS on the Midand South Atlantic OCS. The scoping 

period for that PEIS ends on May 17, 

2010 (see 75 FR 16830). 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq. [1988]) (NEPA), MMS will 

reopen the comment period on the EIS 

for proposed Lease Sale 220 for a period 

of 45 days from the date of this Federal 

Register notice. Proposed Lease Sale 

220 is in the Mid-Atlantic Planning 

Area and is included in the current 5- 

Year Program for 2007–2012. Public 

scoping meetings will be held during 

this 45-day period to solicit useful 

information that will assist us in 

preparing an EIS to evaluate potential 

environmental effects of proposed Lease 

Sale 220. The MMS has planned three 

scoping meetings in May 2010 to 

provide opportunity for public comment 

and participation as part of the public 

process for proposed Lease Sale 220. 

The public scoping period for the 

G&G PEIS on the Mid- and South 

Atlantic OCS ends on May 17, 2010, and 

scoping meetings for that PEIS were 

announced in the Federal Register on 

April 2, 2010 (75 FR 16830). Pursuant 

to the regulations implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA, MMS 

will hold an additional and separate 

public scoping meeting on May 12, 

2010, in Norfolk, Virginia, which will 

solicit public input on both the 

proposed Lease Sale 220 and the G&G 

PEIS on the Mid- and South Atlantic 

OCS. All other public meetings 

announced in the April 2, 2010 Federal 

Register notice for the G&G PEIS on the 

Mid- and South Atlantic OCS will 

proceed as planned. Further, the public 

should follow instructions in 75 FR 

16830 for submitting written comments 

on the G&G PEIS on the Mid- and South 

Atlantic OCS in lieu of attending the 

May 12, 2010 public scoping meeting. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

Lease Sale 220 should be submitted no 

later than 45 days from the publication 

of this notice to the addresses specified 

below. The MMS estimates completion 

of the proposed Lease Sale 220 EIS in 

late 2011. Comments on the G&G PEIS 

on the Mid- and South Atlantic OCS 

should be submitted no later than 

May 17, 2010, according to instructions 

provided in 75 FR 16830. 

Comments: In lieu of participation in 

the scoping meetings listed below, all 

interested parties, including Federal, 

state, and local government agencies 

and the general public, may submit 

written comments on the scope of the 

proposed Lease Sale 220 EIS, significant 

issues that should be addressed, 

alternatives that should be considered, 

and the types of oil and gas activities of 

interest in the Lease Sale 220 area. 

These comments must be submitted no 

later than 45 days from the publication 

of this notice to the addresses specified 

below. 

Scoping comments for the proposed 

Lease Sale 220 may be submitted in one 

of the following two ways: 

1. In written form enclosed in an 

envelope labeled ‘‘Scoping for Proposed 

Lease Sale 220’’ and mailed (or hand 

delivered) to Gary D. Goeke, Chief, 

Environmental Assessment Section, 

Leasing and Environment (MS 5410), 

Minerals Management Service, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394; or 

2. Electronically to the MMS e-mail 

address: sale220@mms.gov. 

If you submitted comments during the 

scoping period between November 13, 

2008, and January 13, 2009, they will be 

combined with submittals received 

during the scoping period announced 

today. You need not comment again, 

unless you have additional information 

to provide. The submission of written 

comments on the G&G PEIS on the Midand South Atlantic OCS should follow 

the instructions provided in 75 FR 

16830 and should be submitted no later 

than May 17, 2010. 

The MMS does not consider 

anonymous comments; please include 

your name and address as part of your 

submittal. Our practice is to make 

comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, available for 

public review during regular business 

hours. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their address 

from the public record, which we will 

honor to the extent allowable by law. 

There may also be circumstances in 

which we would withhold a 

respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and/or address, you must state 

your preference prominently at the 

beginning of your comment. We will 

make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses available for 

public inspection in their entirety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public scoping 

meetings, the submission of comments, 

or MMS’s policies associated with this 

notice, please contact Mr. Gary D. 

Goeke, Chief, Environmental 

Assessment Section, Leasing and 

Environment (MS 5410), Minerals 

Management Service, Gulf of Mexico 

OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70123– 

2394, telephone (504) 736–3233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With 

respect to proposed Lease Sale 220, 

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MMS issued a Notice of Intent to 

prepare an EIS published in the Federal 

Register on November 13, 2008 (Vol. 73, 

No. 220, page 67201), and included a 

45-day scoping period. No scoping 

meetings were announced at that time. 

The MMS decided to extend the 

comment period and made 

announcements in a press release and 

other media. On January 7, 2009, MMS 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (Vol. 74, No. 4, page 727) 

extending the scoping comment period 

to 60 days. That comment period 

expired on January 13, 2009. Over 

27,000 comments were received during 

this 60-day period. This Federal 

Register notice is not an announcement 

to hold the proposed lease sale, but it is 

a continuation of information gathering 

and the environmental review required 

by NEPA. The comments we receive 

during scoping help us form the content 

of the EIS and are summarized for 

Departmental decisionmakers prior to a 

decision on whether or not to hold a 

lease sale. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that should be considered in the 

environmental analysis of oil and gas 

exploration, development, and 

production activities in the vicinity of 

the proposed lease area including 

alternatives, and guide the process for 

developing the EIS. For the proposed 

Lease Sale 220 EIS, the MMS has 

currently identified the following 

preliminary issues: air quality, 

biological resources, recreation, cultural 

resources, special management areas, 

land use, socioeconomic, and visual 

resources. The MMS will use and 

coordinate the NEPA commenting 

process to satisfy the public 

involvement process for Section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act 

(16 U.S.C. 470f) as provided for in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3). Throughout the 

scoping process, Federal, state, tribal, 

and local governments and other 

interested parties have the opportunity 

to aid MMS in determining the 

significant issues, reasonable 

alternatives, and potential mitigating 

measures to be analyzed in the EIS, as 

well as the possible need for additional 

information. Possible alternatives for 

analysis within the proposed Lease Sale 

220 EIS may represent a range of levels 

of activities, including: (1) Taking the 

proposed action (Sale 220); (2) taking no 

action (canceling the Sale); (3) 

implementing appropriate restrictions 

on oil and gas activities based on 

environmental resources that are 

present; or (4) defining temporal or 

spatial work windows to accommodate 

existing use of OCS space important to 

other critical national missions. 

Additional alternatives developed 

through scoping and NEPA evaluation 

will be considered. 

Statements on the proposed Lease 

Sale 220 EIS, both oral and written, will 

be received at the venues listed below. 

All persons wishing to speak will have 

the opportunity to do so. Time limits 

may be set on speakers to allow time for 

all speakers to participate. The 

following public scoping meetings are 

planned for proposed Lease Sale 220: 

• May 12, 2010—Hilton Norfolk 

Airport, 1500 N. Military Highway, 

Norfolk, Virginia 23502; one meeting, 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST (This meeting 

will also accept comments on the G&G 

PEIS for the Mid- and South Atlantic 

OCS. This is the only one of these three 

meetings that will accept comments on 

both the proposed Lease Sale 220 EIS 

and the G&G PEIS for the Mid- and 

South Atlantic OCS.); 

• May 25, 2010—Princess Royale 

Oceanfront Hotel & Conference Center, 

9100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, 

Maryland 21842–2745; two meetings, 

the first from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST and 

the second from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST; 

• May 27, 2010—Elizabeth City State 

University Fine Arts Complex, 1704 

Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, North 

Carolina 27909; two meetings, the first 

from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST and the 

second from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. 

In regards to the G&G PEIS for the 

Mid- and South Atlantic OCS, MMS 

issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an 

EIS published in the Federal Register 

on January 21, 2009 (74 FR 3636) and 

included a 45-day scoping period. No 

scoping meetings were announced at 

that time. On April 2, 2010, the MMS 

reopened the scoping period for an 

additional 45 days (ending May 17, 

2010) and announced a series of public 

scoping meetings for late April 2010 (75 

FR 16830). The comments received 

during both scoping periods will help 

MMS to prepare a PEIS evaluating the 

potential environmental effects of 

multiple G&G activities on the Mid- and 

South Atlantic OCS associated with 

renewable energy projects, oil and gas 

exploration, and marine minerals 

extraction. The purpose of the scoping 

is to identify significant resources and 

issues to be analyzed in the PEIS, and 

possible alternatives to the proposed 

action. Possible alternatives for analysis 

may represent a range of levels of 

activities from unrestricted to no 

seismic, mitigation (e.g., exclusion 

zones based on received levels of 

sounds; and limitations on certain 

combinations of activities in specific 

temporal/spatial circumstances). 

MMS is now announcing through this 

Notice an additional and separate 

scoping meeting on the PEIS on May 12, 

2010, in Norfolk, Virginia, which will 

also solicit public input on both the 

PEIS and proposed Lease Sale 220. 

Details of this meeting include: 

• May 12, 2010—Hilton Norfolk 

Airport, 1500 N. Military Highway, 

Norfolk, Virginia 23502; one meeting, 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST. 

More information on proposed Lease 

Sale 220 can be found at: http:// 

www.mms.gov/offshore/220.htm. More 

information on the G&G PEIS on the 

Mid- and South Atlantic OCS can be 

found at: http://www.gomr.mms.gov/ 

homepg/offshore/atlocs/gandg.html. 

Dated: April 16, 2010. 

S. Elizabeth Birnbaum, 

Director, Minerals Management Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10017 Filed 4–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM920000 L13100000 FI0000; TXNM 

118757] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

118757, New Mexico 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions 

of Title IV, Public Law 97–451, the 

Bureau Of Land Management (BLM) 

received a petition for reinstatement of 

oil and gas lease TXNM 118757 from the 

lessee, Forest Oil Corporation, for lands 

in Hill County, New Mexico. The 

petition was filed on time and was 

accompanied by all the rentals due 

since the date the lease terminated 

under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Becky C. Olivas, Bureau of Land 

Management, New Mexico State Office, 

P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico 

87502 or at (505) 954–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid 

lease has been issued that affects the 

lands. The lessee agrees to new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per 

acre or fraction thereof, per year, and 

162⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee 

paid the required $500 administrative 

fee for the reinstatement of the lease and 

$166 cost for publishing this Notice in 

the Federal Register. The lessee met all 

the requirements for reinstatement of 

the lease as set out in Section 31(d) and 

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